Winding apparatus.



Patented July l7, I900.

E4 TYMESON & R. BOBLAND.

WINDING APPARATUS.

Application. filed .Aug. 2 1898.

(No Model.)

r W M M NITED STATES PATENT ()Frroa.

EUGENE TYMESON AND REUBEN BORLAND, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE ALEXANDER SMITH & SONS CARPET COMPANY,

O F SAME PLACE.

WINDING APPARA'KTUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,831, dated July 1'7, 1900.

Original application filed May 26, 1897, Serial No. 638,216. Divided and this application filed August 2, 1898. Serial No. 687,497. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EUGENE TYMESO'N and REUBEN BORLAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county of VVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Winding Apparatus,,fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

In weaving fabrics from dyed yarn in solid colors or in weaving a solid-color portion of any considerable size in figured fabrics the color-matching of the yarn from which the solid-color portions are formed is a matter of greatimportance, since a very slight variation in shade of the yarn woven into adjacent portions of the solid-color fabric will be noticeable and of course very objectionable.

It has been a matter of great difliculty and expense to secure the proper matching of the yarn in weaving solid colors, since it is practically impossible to dye yarn exactly to a desired shade or to dye two batches of yarn to exactly the same shade, so that it has been necessary to dye and select the yarn with great care to get that which is dyed to a suiticiently-good match, and agreat portion of the yarn which has been dyed for the solid color desired has necessarily been rejected. This difficulty has been overcome to a great extent in the weaving of the coarser grades of carpet by weaving the carpet with strands formed by combining intoa single strand two ends of yarn, as the strands of yarn in the hank as they come from the dyer are called, each of these ends of yarn in the hank usually being formed of two or more of the strands in which the yarn is spun. These two ends of yarn to form the combined strand or double end in the carpet are matched double in the hanksthat is, so that the two ends combined match the colorand shade desired in the fabric-and are then treated as a single end in winding from the hanks and weaving the carpet. Thus one of the ends of the combined strand may be of yarn lighter and the other end of yarn darker than the shade desired, but when combined into a double end they will blend together and the difierence in shade between the individual ends will not be noticeable, although such as'to be very apparent if the two ends were woven in separate parts of the fabric. A solid color of the desired shade is thus secured without the very accurate matching of the shades otherwise necessary, and yarn may be used which under the method of single matching must be rejected.

The difficulties in matching yarn above pointed out and which have led to the use of the double ends in coarse fabrics are especially objectionable in producing tufted fabrics of the classes known as moquetie and Axminster, in which separate and independent rows of yarn tufts are inserted and bound in bya body of warp and weft strands but they exist also in connection with tufted fabrics of the classes known as pile fabrics, more especially in cut-pile fabrics, although to a less degree in uncut-pile fabrics, and to some extent in fabrics of other classes woven from dyed yarns, whether tufted or not. In weaving such tufted fabrics by the doubleend method heretofore employed to some extent in coarse fabrics each tuft has consisted of two ends of yarn combined to form a double end, as above described, and in winding the yarn onto the tuft-spools for such weaving it has been the practice to run two ends of yarn from different hanks together and wind them together onto the bank-spool and then to treat the two ends thus wound on the bankspool as one end or strand in winding from the bank-spools to the loom tuft-yarn spools.

In another application-now Letters Patent No. 626,878, dated June 13, 1899we have described and claimed an improved woven fabric and method of producing the same, in which single ends of yarn (by which we mean the ends of yarn as they come from the dyer and which may consist of two or more strands as spun) are matched in sets to blend to the shade desired in the fabric and the ends of each set then woven into the fabric singly, but contiguous to each other. In this im- .being looped about the weft or warp strands;

proved fabric and method as applied to tufted fabrics of the classes above referred to we use tufts formed of single ends of yarn; but the tufts are woven in pairs throughout the row of tufts or that portion of the row that is to form solid-color fabric, so that the two should be kept as separate ends from the time they are matched until they are woven into the fabric, so that the two ends of each pair will not become matted or felted together and may be handled as separate ends in weaving, while at the same time it is necessary to associate or mark the ends of each pair in some way, so that they shall not be mixed with the ends of other pairs after matching,but certainly shall be secured in the weaving of the ends of each pairinto the fabric contiguous to each other. The difficulty of thus retaining the matched ends of each pair as separate ends and at the same time avoiding confusion between the ends of different pairs and securing certainty in the weaving of the various pairs into the desired portions of the fabric is obvious, especially with the large number of difierent strands used in weaving tufted fabric.

The especial object of the present invention is to provide a convenient and efficient apparatus for winding the single ends of yarn matched in pairs, as above described, onto spools, so that the ends of each pair shall be associated and kept together on a single spool after matching, while at the same time they are prevented from becoming matted or felted together, as in the compound strands heretofore used, thus assuring the matched ends of each pair being kept together and avoiding danger of confusion between the ends of clifferent pairs, while the single ends may be handled separately in subsequent winding and weaving.

In winding the yarn by apparatus embodying the present invention we wind onto a single bank-spool two ends of yarn from differently-dyed hanks matched double-that is, as above explained, so that the two ends combined match the shade desired: but instead of running the ends together as they are wound onto the bank-spool, as previously in connection with yarn matched double, the ends are run to the bank-spools separated, and thus wound spirally and with the two ends side by side in the same layer of yarn, so that the two ends are prevented from becoming matted or felted together, as heretofore, and may be treated as separate ends in subsequent operations. After the yarn has thus been wound onto the bank-spools it may be used therefrom in any desired manner in connection with weaving; but it will be found preferable to wind the yarn from these spools onto a loom-spool, the different pairs of ends being arranged thereon in the order desired for weaving the fabric. The ends of yarn wound onto the bank-spools as above described will be'treated as separate ends as they are unwound from the bank-spools and run through a suitable winding-reed, so as to be wound separately onto the loom-spools, the two ends from each bank-spool containing a pair of matched ends being led separately through the reed of the setting-frame and wound onto the loom-spool in-separate but adjacent zones or rings, the zones or rings on the loom-spool thus being matched double or arranged in pairs of adjacent zones or rings and the two zones or rings of each pair being of yarn of such shades that, although varying, they blend into the shade desired in the fabric when woven into the latter singly, but

end elevation of an apparatus for winding yarn from hanks onto bank-spools, partially broken away, but showing so much of the apparatus as is necessary for the purpose of illustrating the invention. Fig. 2 is a partial front view taken as indicated by line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic plan view taken as indicated by line 3 of Fig. 2., Figs. land 5 are detail views of preferred forms of the winding-eyes.

Referring to the drawings, 10 and 11 are the usual runners, forming reels for the hanks of yarn X, being supported by a suitable frame A. From the reels the ends of yarn as are led downward through eyes 12 of the thread-stopmotion devices 13,thence through the traverseeyes 14, and then further downwardly andforwardly to the bank-spools 15, the bank-spools being supported on spindles 16, carried by pivoted brackets 17, and being driven by drums or disks 18, engaging the surface of the yarn on the spool, and being held in place on the spindles by outwardly projecting arms 19 when the spindles and spools are in their lowered or running position, all in the usual manner in apparatus of this kind. The traverse-eyes 14 are carried by a traverse-bar 20, mounted in suitable guiding-brackets 21 and reciprocated longitudinally in the usual manner by a rock-arm 22, carried by a rockthe shaft 23, and said cam being shown as driven by a worm 27, engaging a worm-wheel 28 on the shaft carrying the cam. The ends of yarn from the hanks on two reels are led to a single traverse-eye and thence to a bankspool. Each traverseeye in the preferred construction (shown in Figs. 1 to a) is formed with an eye 2 and with a finger 3, forming a separator and projecting forward beneath the eye 2 in position so that two ends of yarn which pass through the eye 2 may pass one on either side of the finger 3, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The two ends of yarn are thus caused to run to the bank-spools slightly separated and are thus wound spirally on the spools in the usual manner, except that the two ends do not lie together, but are separated longitudinally of the spool and cannot become matted or felted together. Instead of forming the traverseeyes as shown in Figs. 1 to at they may of course be formed in any other suitable manner for securing the desired result for example, as shown in Fig. 5, where the eye 2 and separator 3 are in the form of a double hook. It is evident also that instead of a single piece two ordinary traverse-eyes might be employed set at the proper distance apart; but a single winding-eye formed to separate the ends in multiple winding is preferred.

In using the above apparatus in connection with matching double the hanks of yarn are matched double or in pairs in the manner before pointed out, and the hanks of each pair are placed on two adjoining reels and led through one of the traverse-eyes to one of the bank-spools, the two ends of each pair thus being wound together on a bank-spool, but separated slightly by the separator 3 as they are wound. The bank-spools will thus be wound with two ends of yarn, which will blend in the fabric to form the desired shade, although separately-they may vary from the shade and one of the ends be slightly lighter and the other slightly darker than the desired shade, the two ends being separated, so as to prevent the matting or felting together of the ends, and thus enabling the ends to be wound separated from the bank-spools to the loomspools or handled separately in any othermanner desired.

In winding from the bank-spools, wound as before described, onto the loom or weaving spools it will be understood that the bankspools may be set on the spindles of the usual bank-frame and the ends of yarn from each bank-spool 15 then led through a reed of common form to the loom-spool, the two ends from each bank-spool being separated and passed separately through the reed, which is permitted by their separation on the bank-spool, and thus wound separately on the loom-spool. The two ends from each bank-spool15 will thus form separate but adjacent zones on the loom-spool, the zones on the loom-spool thus being arranged in pairs of adjacent zones, the

yarn in which has been matched double, as above described.

It will be understood that the invention is not to be limited to an apparatus for winding yarn matched in pairs, as above described, although the apparatus is especially designed for that purpose, but that apparatus embodying the invention may be used in winding tuft-yarn or similar loose material for purposes other than in connection with matched strands. While the invention has been described and illustrated in connection with the winding of two strands on the same spool, the invention is not limited thereto, but may be applied also in connection with the winding of more than two strands on the same spool, and is thus claimed. The strands may be separated more or less as they are wound onto the spools, it being essential only that they shall be kept separate from each other, so that the fibers will not unite to interfere with the separation of the strands in unwinding.

The terms spool and reel used in the claims are intended to include all carriers on which yarn or similar material may be sup ported for winding, as defined by the claims.

This application forms a division of our application for United States Letters Patent, Serial No. 638,216, filed May 26, 1897, and now Letters Patent No. 626,878, dated June 13,

189.9,in which is claimed the fabric and method of producing the same above described.

The loom-spools of yarn described herein are fully described and claimed in Letters Patent No. 626,879, dated June 13, 1899, and the bank-spools of yarn described herein are described and claimed in another application for United States Letters Patent filed simultaneously herewith.

What is claimed is- 1. The'combination in winding apparatus, of a plurality of reels, means for supporting and rotating a spool to receive the strands of yarn or similar material from the reels, and means for guiding the strands from the several reels to cause them to be wound on the spool spirally and separated from each other such a distance as to prevent interlocking of the fibers of tuft-yarn or similar material, substantially as described.

2. The combination in winding apparatus, of a plurality of reels, means for supporting and rotating a spool to receive the strands of yarn or similar material from the reels, and means for guiding the strands of yarn or similar material. from the several reels to cause them to be wound on the spool spirally and side by side throughout the same layer but separated longitudinally of the spools such a distance as to prevent interlocking of the fibers of tuft-yarn or similar material, substantially as described. V

3. The combination in winding apparatus, of a series of reels, a series of spools supporting and rotating devices, and traverse-eyes TIC for guiding strands of yarn or similar mateour hands in the presence of two subscribing rial from a plurality of reels to the same spool Witnesses.

and to maintain said strands separated as they w v are Wound onto the spool side by side such a 5 distance as to prevent interlocking 0f the y fibers of tuft-yarn or similar material, sub- \Vitnessesi v stantially as described. RICHARD EDIE, J12,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set ARTHUR LAND. 

